Author: Luke Bouma
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The Apple TV Sees Explosive Growth In 1st Quarter 2018
For years the Apple TV has struggled to break out of fourth place behind Roku, the Fire TV, and Chromecast in the United States. Although the device has sold, the all-important home use segment has always lagged behind in the United States. Even our own surveys show the Apple TV is far behind some of…
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Amazon Announced Echo Dot Kids Edition – Smart Speaker That Rewards Kids For Saying Please
Today Amazon announces a new version of their popular Echo Dot called Echo Dot Kids Edition with Alexa built in. Not only is it more durable but the Echo Dot Kids Edition now includes Amazon FreeTime Unlimted to give parents full control. Now with Amazon FreeTime Unlimited Alexa is limited from doing anything but playing…
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YouTube TV Update Now Allows Subscribers to Pick DVRed or On-Demand Versions of Shows on Some Channels
YouTube TV offers a great 9-month DVR, but there are a few catches. If you record a show and an on-demand version of the show is there it replaces your DVRed version with the on-demand version. This on-demand version has unskippable ads. Recently YouTube TV quietly updated several networks to allow you to pick the…
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AT&T Is Adding DIRECTV NOW to the My AT&T App
For months AT&T has been saying they plan to merge DIRECTV NOW and DIRECTV. Recently they merged the AT&T logins with the DIRECTV NOW logins. This week AT&T started to move the DIRECTV NOW login page over to the A&T login page. Now AT&T has added DIRECTV NOW to the My AT&T app. As of…
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Amazon Launches a Coming Soon Page For The ‘Fire TV Cube’
Last year we learned that Amazon was working on a new Fire TV called the Fire TV Cube. Now AFTVnews has found a signup page to learn more about the Fire TV Cube. Details are thin and all the page allows you to do is signup to be notified when more details are announced. Amazon…
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Here is Everything New on Amazon in May 2018
May 1 3 Ways To Get A Husband (2009) 40 Days And 40 Nights (2002) A Very Brady Sequel (1996) A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) An Inconvenient Truth (2006) Baby Boom (1987) Back To School (1986) Bad News Bears (1976) Barefoot (2014) Beyond Borders (2003) Blame (2017) Brother Nature (2016) Bull Durham (1988) Cool World (1992)…
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Here is Everything New on Netflix in May 2018
New in May May 1 27: Gone Too Soon A Life of Its Own: The Truth About Medical Marijuana Amelie Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures: Season 1 Beautiful Girls Darc God’s Own Country Hachi: A Dog’s Tale Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay Hellboy II: The Golden Army High School Musical 3: Senior Year John Mulaney:…
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The Roku Stick+ is Coming to Canada in May
The Roku Streaming Stick+ is Roku’s new high-end 4k HDR streaming stick. Now after months of waiting for the Roku Stick+ is coming to Canada in May. Roku says the Roku Streaming Stick+ is expected to be available from Walmart and other retailers starting in May for a suggested retail price of CAD 89.99. Here is…
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AT&T is Building More Cell Towers to Prepare For 5G
Today AT&T announced that in preparation for the rollout of 5G they have partnered with CitySwitch to build more cellphone towers. “Working with CitySwitch means more alternatives to the traditional tower leasing model still followed by many. The traditional model isn’t cost-effective or sustainable,” said Susan Johnson, executive vice president – Global Connections and Supply Chain,…
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Review: Channel Master’s SMARTenna+ 60-Mile Antenna
Recently we got our hands on Channel Master’s SMARTenna+ 60-Mile Antenna. This 60-mile indoor antenna uses a new Active Steering technology from Ethertronics. With this Active Steering feature, the antenna will automatically maximize TV channel reception. The SMARTenna+ does this by scanning for over-the-air TV channels with a built-in TV tuner and analyzes the results.…